Russian Empire. Pale of Settlement. Birth Certificate of a Jewish boy Abraham Bukhaltzev, signed by Chief Rabbi, Ukraine, Elisavetgrad, 1909, in Russian
The boy was born on 6 March 1897. The name of the father Yuksi Bukhaltzev
Cachet of the chief Rabbi of Elisavetgrad (now Kropyvnytskyi) , 6 April 1909.
The Rabbi's certificate is certified by the mayor and the secretary below
Size: 35.5 x 22 cm. (13.9 x 8.6 inches)
Some wear, bends, repair
Kropyvnytskyi (Ukrainian: ?????????????, IPA: [krop?u??n?ts?k?j] ?) is a city in central Ukraine, situated on the Inhul River. It serves as the administrative center of Kirovohrad Oblast. Population: 219,676 (2022 estimate).[2]
Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name several times. The settlement was known as Elisavetgrad after Empress Elizabeth of Russia from 1752 to 1924, or simply Elysavet.[3] In 1924, as part of the Soviet Union, it became known as Zinovievsk (?????'?????, IPA: [z?in?u??j?u?s?k]) in honour of the revolutionary Grigory Zinoviev, who was born there. Following the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934, the town was renamed Kirovo (??????, in his honour.
The Pale of Settlement was a western region of the Russian Empire with varying borders that existed from 1791 to 1917 (de facto until 1915) in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish residency, permanent or temporary, [1] was mostly forbidden. Most Jews were still excluded from residency in a number of cities within the Pale as well